If you're gay, lesbian or bisexual, you're in good
company!!

This is a partial
list of confirmed and debated famous lesbian, bisexual, or gay people
(lesbigay for short). The historical concept and definition of sexual
orientation has changed greatly over time the word "gay"
wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the late 20th century.

Some historical
figures on this list wouldn't be considered "lesbigay"
by today's standards, but they are included here because they were
known to have had same-sex relationships. But even by today's standards,
a relationship or two doesn't necessarily mean one is bisexual.
Many people who identify as gay or lesbian have had different-gender
relationships in their youth, and many who identify as heterosexual
have experimented with same-sex relationships. Due to social norms
that have remained consistent throughout history, little information
about such matters when discussing historical figures is available;
therefore, only educated guesses can be made, based on limited evidence.

List of transgendered
people

A number of noted individuals are or were transgendered.
Transgender, for the purposes of this list, is an umbrella term
that can include transsexuals, transvestic fetishists, cross-dressers,
intersexuals, drag queens, drag kings and others.

Please note that these people have been selected for this list
because their fame or notoriety was in some way due or connected
to their being transgender.

Gwen Araujo, US transsexual, murdered 2002 [1]
Danielle Bunten Berry, US software developer, formerly Dan Bunten,
author of several titles for Electronic Arts in the 1980s, died
of cancer
Lili Elbe, Danish transsexual, one of the first women to undergo
a crude form of sexual reassignment surgery, through five operations
which were completed by 1930. Fifteen months after her final surgery,
she either died from complications or faked her own death to avoid
the media attention. She is the subject of the 1933 book Man Into
Woman, although it is likely she was never biologically male, but
rather born intersexual , supposedy with rudimentary ovaries which
would conflict with the speculative diagnosis of Klinefelter's Syndrome
Bella Evangelista, also known as Elvys Perez, drag performer who
was murdered in Washington, D.C [1]
Christine Jorgensen, one of the first Americans to have sexual reassignment
surgery in 1952
Pepper LaBeija, Harlem, New York drag queen, subject of the documentary
Paris Is Burning
Glen Milstead, actor and drag performer also known as Divine, star
of many John Waters films
Sylvia Rivera, transgender activist, resisted police at Stonewall
on June 27, 1969
Brandon Teena, US transsexual who was murdered, subject of the film
Boys Don't Cry [1]
Billy Tipton, woman who lived as a male jazz musician
Ed Wood, film-maker with transvestite tendencies

Earlier Historical or Mythological Individuals

It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity
of pre-modern individuals. In many societies, those whom Western
society might consider homosexual or bisexual are or were considered
transgendered. Therefore, see also List of famous gay, lesbian,
or bisexual people.

Alfhild, beautiful maiden in Norse mythology who dressed as a man
to avoid marrying King Alf
Chevalier d'Eon
Christina of Sweden
Hatshepsut, female Pharaoh of Egypt who wore male clothing and even
a false beard
Pope Joan, who according to legend was a cross-dressing woman elected
Catholic pope (named Pope John VIII) whose tenure was placed between
Leo IV (847-855) and Benedict III (855-858), and who died or was
murdered in childbirth during a papal procession. There is no evidence
for her existence.
Joan of Arc, tried and executed also for cross-dressing
James Barry, surgeon who masqueraded as a man throughout her life
in order to be able to practice medicine
Pope Paul II, Catholic pope known to have worn women's clothes and
was nicknamed "Our Lady of Pity"
Hannah Snell, 18th century woman who used a male uniform and fought
alongside British marines
Tiresias, soothsayer to Oedipus from Greek mythology changed into
a woman and back in an unrelated tale